Nationwide, more than 34,000 have died after testing positive for coronavirus (Image: Warren Little/Getty)

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There are now 4,268 cases of coronavirus confirmed in Lancashire, although with testing not yet widespread the true number is likely to be far higher.

Confirmed cases of Covid-19by borough as of May 16:

Blackburn with Darwen - 384 (+4), 257.8 per 100,000

Blackpool - 544 (+7), 390.5 per 100,000

Burnley - 185 (-), 207.8 per 100,000

Chorley - 317 (+3), 271.4 per 100,000

Fylde - 223 (+2), 279.6 per 100,000

Hyndburn - 139 (-), 172 per 100,000

Lancaster - 781 (+1), 541.4 per 100,000

Pendle - 177 (+4), 193.6 per 100,000

Preston - 382 (+5), 269.4 per 100,000

Ribble Valley - 90 (-), 149.9 per 100,000

Rossendale - 168 (+1), 237.0 per 100,000

South Ribble - 221 (+1), 200.0 per 100,000

West Lancs - 351 (-), 308.0 per 100,000

Wyre - 306 (-), 275.1 per 100,000

Department of Health figures show 34,636 people had died in hospitals, care homes and the wider community after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK as of 5pm on Saturday, up by 170 from 34,466 the day before.

In the 24-hour period up to 9am on Sunday, 91,206 tests were carried out or dispatched, with 3,142 testing positive, but for technical reasons Northern Ireland cases were not included.

Overall a total of 2,580,769 tests have been carried out, and 243,303 cases have been confirmed positive, not including the most recent Northern Ireland tests.

Business Secretary Alok Sharma has said the clinical trial for a Covid-19 vaccine at the University of Oxford is progressing well.

Speaking at Sunday's Downing Street press conference, he said: "In order to definitively conquer this disease we need to find a safe, workable vaccine.

"Last month I announced a new vaccine task force to co-ordinate the efforts of Government, academia and industry in the critical mission to find a vaccine.

"I'm very proud of how quickly our scientists and researchers have come together in their efforts developing a vaccine that will combat coronavirus."

He added: "The first clinical trial of the Oxford vaccine is progressing well with all phase one participants having received their vaccine dose on schedule earlier this week.

"The speed at which Oxford University has designed and organised these complex trials is genuinely unprecedented."